God's Generals: The Martyrs (Spiritual Biographies of Martyrs of the Faith, Including the Apostle Paul, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, William Tyndale, John ... Thomas Cranmer, and More) (Volume 6)

God's Generals: The Martyrs (Spiritual Biographies of Martyrs of the Faith, Including the Apostle Paul, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, William Tyndale, John ... Thomas Cranmer, and More) (Volume 6)

<DIV><I><B>They Paid the Ultimate Price</I></B><P>In his sixth <I>God's Generals</I> volume, Roberts Liardon chronicles some of the great martyrs for the faith—and some of the lesser-known ones. Their inspirational testimony, acts of courage, and even seasons of doubt both encourage and point awareness toward the persecuted church of the twenty-first century.<P>The book includes profiles on...<ul><li>Apostle Paul and Stephen the Faithful (c. 100 AD)</I><li>Polycarp of Smyrna, Justin Martyr, and Ignatius of Antioch (c. 100-175 AD)</I><li>Perpetua, Blandina, and Irenaeus and Fabian (c. 175-350 AD)</I><li>William Tyndale, John Wyclyffe, Patrick Hamilton, and John Hus (c. 1300-1530)</I><li>Anne Askew, John Foxe, Hugh Latimer, and Thomas Cranmer (c. 1530-1560)</I><li>Martyrs from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries</I><li>Dietrich Bonhoeffer, John and Betty Stam, and Jim Elliot (c. 1900-1950)</I><li>Wang Zhiming, Gaspar Makil, and Archbishop Oscar Romero (c. 1950-1990)</I><li>Martyrs from the twenty-first century, in regions such as the Philippines, Iraq, Libya, and Syria</I></ul></DIV></P></P>